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I decided to load a wide variety of 9mm recipes today in hopes of gaining accuracy as I've had bad problems with my cast lead boolits. There's two choices...HiPoint carbine and CZ 75BD. Typically if I wanted to be sure and hit something at say 75 yards I'd use the carbine as I do better with...

I started casting recently and it was suggested the 'chore boy' copper pads to remove lead fouling from my 9 and 45 barrels. Unfortunately it doesn't work very well, so I need something else that won't cost a fortune.

A friend of mine is in the Army National Guard. He gets to play with all the cool toys, and I asked what he thought about the M9. Not favorable, but that's a different discussion. He did mention firing the Desert Eagle 50AE.:confused: After sitting there a few seconds waiting for the...

I've only had one person respond about selling bare lead bullets as to it's legality. Can someone point me to a link that shows the actual code pertaining to the sale of projectiles? A guy here locally wants a couple hundred of my 9mm, and I don't want to get jacked with anything from the BATFE.

I'll post pictures later, but essentially I decided to cut down a fired 380 case so it holds exactly 4.0gr of 231 for my 9mm. Took some stiff wire and super glued it to the case. Works great, and I weigh the powder every so often to check and it's dead on. I'm posting this partly to be...

Sorry if this has been hashed out already. I want to send my friend in MD some ammo for a Christmas present. He is fully legal to accept it. Having received ammo in the mail myself, I understand it needs an 'ORM-D' sticker. But what carrier do I use, and does it have to be out of their...

Small pistol isn't available here, so I need to choose between small magnums or small rifle. This will be for a 9mm Sig 229, which should pop harder primers decently enough. Also what would I need to adjust in powder charge for each. Thanks.

Forgive me if this has been covered, feel free to point out some previous threads. Bottom line, I sense a nationwide lead ban/restriction coming on. California apparently has banned lead wheelweights and hunting ammunition (IIRC). Thoughts? What else will be used for projectiles?

Maybe I lead a boring life, but I find the process to be fascinating! First time in my life I've ever seen steel float (except for ships:rolleyes:). When that piece of candle started smoking in the pot and fumigated my (thankfully) open garage, then caught fire I though "Oh God, what have I...

Can anyone tell me what the holdover would be shooting my CZ carbine at a 330 yard target on a hill about 50' up? It's steel, I'd like to hear a THWAP just once. I don't have it scoped, just using iron sights that are pretty well centered for 100 yards. On a side note, I was pleasantly...

I'm getting a little frustrated with my range's brass policing rules. You can only pick it up during cease fires which are every 20 minutes or so, but they only allow you to pick up your own fired brass immediately around you. A woman made it very clear I'm not to pick up other brass as I'd be...

I've been doing the 'green' thing and recycling my 9mm brass.:D Might have to make that a bumper sticker. Anyway several cases have turned up that I don't know about. They reload fine but I'd still like to know their ID. TZZ 95 WCC 9MM L 95 WCC 09 CBC 9mm LUGER IMI 9MM-LUGER IMI L18A1 98...

I just bought a box of 115gr FMJ and have some Universal to put under them. My Lyman manual doesn't show the combination. I'm using 1.150oal (edited for bullet type).

This is the last time I get TC bullets. I loaded these suckers down to 1.053 so they fit my CZ 75BD (worked fine) but even that short they won't fit my HiPoint carbine. I rigged a dummy bullet and they only dropped in at 1.02, and I'm wondering what the heck is going on with these chamber...

I'm using the ThighMaster nee Hand Press for my 9mm. The expanding die is getting really stuck, despite the carbide claim. I tried cleaning the guts which helped some but I still have to give it a couple-three good whacks for it to open, and the powder sometimes sprays out of the shell in the...

"I...have created fire!!":D What a relief. My first reloads were a success, hands and gun in one piece and they actually went where I aimed. I was sweating it more than usual because the load data for Universal and a 124gr truncated cone bullet are pretty hard to find, then add the fact my...

This is my first reloading effort, so bear with me. Universal Clays 122gr truncated/conical lead COL 1.125 (per the Hogddon site) 4.0gr (3.8-4.3max) I've seated the bullet to 1.10" and the blue band is still showing. Is that normal for this type of bullet?

Ouch. Decapped, sized and primed 500 9mm cases using my new Lee Hand Press. Took me ~4 hours, went through two movies.:cool: But hey I'm learning a couple things. For one I found a few extraneous cases such as 380, 38 super and a nickel plated Berdan primered case that had me resetting the...

I finally found everything I needed today to start reloading. Bullets, powder, primers (yes!) and...wait, need brass too. So I ask the counterperson where all the fired brass is, and he flatly said "we don't have any". :confused: All those casings left over after a good day's shooting, and...

I'm excited! After snooping around on Ebay for a while, I discovered Midway had the Lee Hand Press kit on clearance for $20 less than what I was going to pay. Also got a primer pocket cleaner, tray and 4 piece 9mm die set (also on clearance). The digital calipers were $14 shipped from another...